[MOD] Distant Stars - Rebellion Alpha 0.13 Released! [17/06/13]

Published on January 5, 2009 By Nacey In Sins Modding

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Feedback of any kind is always welcome. Ideas, balance changes, and bug reporting of any kind is always useful!

Version 1.00 Released!

Make sure to ask for permission before republishing any part of this mod to the public!

Downloads

Rebellion Logo

1.05 + DLC Compatible:

0.12 ALPHA Release:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/rebellion/Distant_Stars_(R)_ALPHA_0.13_[45189661].7z

Full Download MIRROR:
http://www.moddb.com/downloads/distant-stars-rebellion-alpha-013

MD5: 69486D2FCD3F35E46E6F5EF8C9F1634A

Diplomacy Logo

1.34 Compatible:

1.01 Release:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/diplomacy/Distant_Stars_(D)_1.01_[45685832].7z

1.051 Compatible:

Beta 0.9951 Release:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.9951_[36672852].7z

1.14 - 1.181 Compatible:

Version 1.01:
Full Download:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/soase/Distant_Stars_v1.01_[453701567].7z

Make sure to ask for permission before republishing any part of this mod to the public!

Multiplayer Games:
We've setup a thread for everyone to organise their multiplayer games in and also setup example times and dates for most people to meet up and start games. These are what we hope to be the main times for people to be around and want to play games together.

The times are:
4pm EST (9pm GMT) Saturdays & Sundays
9pm EST (2am GMT) Saturdays & Sundays

If you want to organise other games please go ahead using the same topic to consolidate all the information in one place and hopefully get more games together within our community. These games are for PvP, PvAI & PvPvAIso come along and we'll get some games going!

Screenshots:
We've setup a thread so you can all post your screenshots to share with us the Distant Stars team and its players. Im sure we're all intrigued to see what kinds of battles and events you've all been having on the mod aswell.

Lore:
We know some of you guys love to role play whilst using Distant Stars, and here's a topic for you guys to post all of your role playing stories, character profiles and anything else you can imagine.

Maps:
Some of you avid map makers out there have produced some great maps but never really had them recognised because they've got lost. Well here's a topic for you to post a link to the download (we can even provide mirrors if necessary) a screenshot or two of the map for us all the preview and if enough people like it we'll even include the map in with the actual mod!

Please visit our website and for more information, change logs, downloads, and to report bugs. Our website can be found here: http://distantstars.mmobase.com

Bug Reporting

If you want to report a bug please use the Bug Report feature on our website:
http://distantstars.mmobase.com/?m=reportabug

Please include as much information as possible, if you have an error log feel free to post it on these forums and we'll take it from there. If you can reproduce the error please include the error log (read below to find out how to enable error logs) and include as much detail on how to reproduce the problem.

To enable logging:
Windows Vista/Windows 7:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting
or
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Setting

Open the user.setting file (using Notepad, Wordpad or any text editor) and scroll down to the bottom 7 lines from the bottom is the line:
LogOutput FALSE
Change FALSE to TRUE
LogOutput TRUE

and from then on any Log files will be saved to the debug folder:
Windows Vista/Windows 7:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Debug
or
Windows XP:
C:\Documents and settings\<Your Windows Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Ironclad Games\Sins of a Solar Empire\Debug

If you get these log files to us (you can just paste them in to a forum post) we can hopefully get your issues sorted.

Frequently Asked Questions

All files are compressed using 7Zip to shrink the download filesize. To extract these files you must use WinRAR or 7Zip.
Any Patches should overwrite the original install directory, either by extracting over the original folder, or cut/copy & pasting over the existing file/folder structure.

1) My game keeps crashing, is there anything I can do to stop it?
i) Are you running the game on maximum (highest) settings? if so, lower them to High or Medium, there is a known issue with the game using up too much memory, there is nothing we can do about this, also no matter how powerful your pc is, it is affected by this issue no matter the pc it is not above this crashing issue, it is a game problem not a hardware one, so quite simply lower your settings. If you still have an issue with crashing see point two.
ii) Give us as detailed information as possible about the crash, what was happening at the time of the crash, what races, ships, abilities were involved. If you can supply a Debug Log (see above for more information about logging) and post a bug report on our website.

2) The loading screens and portrait pictures dont appear properly, whats wrong?
i) This is an issue with ATI based graphics cards (rarely affects Nvidia based cards) we're looking in to the issue.

3) Why dont you support converting Distant Stars in to TXT format?
i) Quite simply many things can go wrong with converting your mod to TXT, we cant help you with something you've probably broken yourself.

4) Can I mod Distant Stars for myself?
i) Yes you can however please do not distribute our mod or our mod that you have edited to the public. You must ask for permission to do so, we will regrettably stop distributing our mod to all if users abuse our work.

5) Your mod is in BIN format I can't edit the files, what can I do?
i) You can convert the mod to TXT format however we wont offer any support to versions of the mod that have been converted to TXT.

6) Why is Distant Stars distributed in BIN format?
i) Mods load faster in BIN format and are less likely to have issues in this format.

7) I'm having trouble installing the MOD, do you have any more instructions?
i) Carbon was kind enough to do some more advanced instructions out here.

8) Is there any way to make new maps for Distant Stars using GalaxyForge?
i) Within the Distant Stars Extras folder there is a folder called Galaxy Forge, Copy and Paste this folder (or its contents) over your original Galaxy Forge folder (or its contents) replacing any files if it asks you to. When you start Galaxy Forge next you'll be able to use all of our planets.

Or, the DIY approach (without custom icons):

ii) The GalaxyForge supplied by the devs will still work with our Mod, however to be able to access all of our planetary bonuses, templates, planet types and stars you will need to take our GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef (found in the GameInfo folder of the mod) and place it in to your GalaxyForge folder, overwriting the original GalaxyScenarioDef.galaxyScenarioDef (if you still wish to make maps for the original game keep a backup of the original file). This will allow you to use all of the Galaxy changes included in our mod.

Note: Any maps made for Distant Stars will not work with other Mods. See #8.2 for DIY instructions for map making or take the appropriate files from Entrenchment, they're cross-client compatible.

Some statistics...

Since August 2009 to February 2011 we have had over...

400,000 Unique visits to the website
12,000GB (12TB) of data transferred from our website

That equates to over 60,000 Unique downloads of the entire mod, excluding the excess of 20,000 Patches downloaded.

Thanks to everyone that has supported us this far and making our mod as popular as it is!

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Comments (Page 127)

1891

Draakjacht

on Dec 29, 2009

Did you select Apply Changes after enabling? The first thing that should happen is that you hear new menu music.

If you downloaded the full mod, then you don't have to delete folders. That only counts if you're patching from a lower version. Even then, it's only the mod folders that you delete.

And yes, the mines are good, but the arcoves usually get in range of the mines. I've had to move in caps with the command to hold ground and move in an arcove likewise. Assuming the arcove doesn't get smashed when enemies move forward, my SC can clean up the spotted mines. But if I have an arcove move in after I take a planet and I allow it to move around and find things, odds are it drifts just within the extended range.

1892

Cat_Empire

on Dec 29, 2009

Sorry. It's my first time trying a mod and I thought it would suffice to click "Enable mod". Although each time I click "Apply changes" I'm getting a minidump crash to desktop.

1893

Draakjacht

on Dec 29, 2009

First try lowering your graphics if you're playing on all highest. Mine run on a range of high - medium. If that doesn't work, let us know the checksum. Might be a bad download or some other problem.

And no worries. I don't know anyone here who probably hasn't had that problem.

1894

OnlyMaestro

on Dec 29, 2009

Now that everything is working tip-top - fantastic mod. Games are action packed and very entertaining...makes me want to try out some multiplayer again...

1895

Cat_Empire

on Dec 29, 2009

Draakjacht

reply 1893

First try lowering your graphics if you're playing on all highest. Mine run on a range of high - medium. If that doesn't work, let us know the checksum. Might be a bad download or some other problem.

And no worries. I don't know anyone here who probably hasn't had that problem.

Hai again. Thanks once again for trying to help me.

I did as you suggested - switched graphics down to high only from highest and it still gives the same error/crash.

How do I check this "checksum"?

Sincerely

1896

Ryat

on Dec 29, 2009

checksum is the number at the upper right hand corner of the mod option screen

its should read 36363026

but try redownloading and when you unzip the file, unzip it to the desktop first than transfer over to the mod file area, some of the files in the mod get a bit too long and with all of the extra files that Microsoft has forced down our throats it sometimes runs passed the character file limit (Smart Move MS)

1897

TheRezonator

on Dec 30, 2009

Ryat

reply 1887

Quoting TheRezonator,
reply 1886
hey, i was just playing a game on the Systems of War Map... and the fleets were all screwy... so cap ships were located at the bottom of the selection instead of at the top, even when you set them as fleet leader etc... is that a mod issue or a map issue or what?

yeah, that occasionally happens not sure why

Quoting TheRezonator,
reply 1886

second, ive noticed that ship graveyard ships get attacked by normal ships and captured ships... this is a real waste, can it be fixed pwease?

that has been a long standing issue, If we make them invulnerable until captured then the AI flips out on them, so we leave them in their current state so you have to act fast

[quote who="TheRezonator" reply="1886" id="2490428",]
last... after playing a bit with the new mines... scouts are no longer effecient in wiping them out... the only thing left to do is spam scouts and suicide them... are there any plans in the works for a new ship or something, somehow to balance mines better? like, a minefield backed up with a SB or turrets or something will destroy scouts and flak before they've had a chance to clear much space and its much faster to suicide them so...

atm, mines are really good, massively powerful and it does make me think twice before storming a planet without intel, however, when even the designed counter doesnt work as anything other than cannon fodder...

Agree, we are working on it
[/quote]

ahh, i see, fair enough! in relation to that... is there any way to enhance the autocast on Colony frigates? i mean, make them more effecient because atm they might cast their abilities if they feel like it, and once they cast they run away to the edge of the gw and then dont continue to do their job... like, if its just them and the neutral extractors or graveyard ships, they'll have enough antimatter and everything, but no cigar? any ideas because its really annoying

another little bug i found is that planetary defenses dont work on the first level of the uprade... so you research the structure first, and it works, then the first upgrade and it stops working (as far as i can tell) then the second level of research starts it working again... can anyone confirm this?

so, all that said, i wanted to take the time and say you guys really are fantastic, i know getting nagged at about this and that is annoying, but the fact you take everything with a grain of salt and take the time to reply etc, and, most importantly listen to the community and take their concerns into consideration, so well done! and thanks heaps.

1898

Ryat

on Dec 30, 2009

thanks, will check out or pass on to Nacey about the to fix

1899

Cat_Empire

on Dec 30, 2009

Ryat

reply 1896

checksum is the number at the upper right hand corner of the mod option screen

its should read 36363026

but try redownloading and when you unzip the file, unzip it to the desktop first than transfer over to the mod file area, some of the files in the mod get a bit too long and with all of the extra files that Microsoft has forced down our throats it sometimes runs passed the character file limit (Smart Move MS)

Hai again.

When I only enabel Distant Stars I get the correct checksum id that you wrote. When I activate Powerful Pirates and put it above Distant Stars as was instructed in the readme for that mod - that's when it crashes. I tried doing the contrary, placing it below Distant Stars (and getting a different checksum) and then both suddenly work.

Thanks for all the help. I'm looking forward to play this mod.

Sincerely

1900

tcsagat

on Dec 30, 2009

I had the same problem as Cat Empire.

It's funny but I have that checksum(36363026) in distant stars when I have the entity files formated in text and not in binary.(When they are in binary and I try to load the mod the mod crashes). It seems to work everything when I leave the files in text format.

By the way has this mod a hotfix ?

Great Mod and thanks for creating it .

1901

Ryat

on Dec 30, 2009

The difference between TXT and BIN is really more of a speed issue when loading the files initially, hence the reason for there being no difference between checksums though it will take longer to start up (like about 5 seconds).

PS, I was informed that yes there would be a checksum diff >.<

as for the Powerful Pirates, I think I know the issue. We had to hotfix the mod itself in the entity files and this may have messed up the Powerful Pirates. Will get a hotfix for that as soon as possible.

PS The mod that is on top of the list will override the mod on the bottom. So Distant Stars is overriding the Powerful Pirates, that is why it won't minidump. Flipside is Powerful Pirates will not work.

1902

-Ue_Carbon

on Dec 30, 2009

Yes, our last hotfix was....

http://distantstars.mmobase.com/entrenchment/DS_Entrenchment_Beta_0.99_QuickFix.7z

If Powerful Pirates are giving you trouble then, I suggest dont using it till Ryat gets cracks the whip on those lollygaggers again.

If its minidumping on you while in BIN(just Distant Stars enabled), you could of got a bad install or download. It happens at random, we dont know why. Just uninstall it all and redownload it. Now if your changing things around and you break it well then dont do that. Tech support budget only covers our screw ups lol

1903

Volt_Cruelerz

on Dec 30, 2009

Great mod... Nuff said..

Actually, the main reason for this post is to keep tabs on this mod.

1904

SteinerX

on Dec 30, 2009

-Ue_Carbon

reply 545

Quoting SteinerX, reply 542Not sure if you've got this covered ... but I could create a couple of loading screen chracters for you ... should you be interested PM me ... here's a quick GGR:

Just a quick example to see if your interested:)

LOL, not to invade yet another mod topic. But does that offer apply to us too

@Ue_Carbon - What loading screen characters were you thinking of?

1905

Nacey

on Dec 30, 2009

For the Checksums in...
Binary format: 36363026
Text format: 123680767

The text format checksum is always one digit longer and almost entirely different to the binary one, if you have Distant Stars in text format showing the binary checksum then im sorry to say something is either really screwed up or thats in binary format lol

As Carbon mentioned though if you have issues with a converted version of Distant Stars sadly we cant really help you as alot of issues can arise when converting the mod, 'tis why we include the backup for the GameInfo folder & manifest in the Extras folder.
However if you have issues with the mod as standard (without extras) then there's more than likely been a download problem, I must warn however that the PowerfulPirates mod will still suffer from the minidump we fixed with the quick fix for the main version of the mod (it was a manifest change which isnt interchangable). However it should still be bootable. I'll investigate whats causing the insta-minidump with it being at the top of the stack and get a fix out for the powerful pirates by tomorrow at the latest.

EDIT:
I must however warn that the backup of the manifest file in the extras folder will not obviously have the quickfix changes made to it.

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